Neolino666 Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 Okay, I played around a bit today, and a few other questions arose:When I set up a master page (facing) for the novels body text, I add a text box to each of the pages and link them. Then I add text and paragraph styles. When I paste my novels text into the 'normal' page, it adds all the needed pages automatically, but the page on the right side looks like there is another text box overlayed (see attached image).When I don't do a master page, I paste the text directly into a 'normal' page, it adds the pages as well without the messed up overlay thingy. But I would need to add the styles for every page manually and that sucks.Could someone please explain how the process would look like to set up a basic novel? I thought you generate master pages with linked text boxes for the text and the chapter titles, give those styles and paste the text into the 'normal' page, then the needed pages are created automatically and you are basically done. Is that correct or am I missing something here? hawk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecifircas Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 I'm also still struggling with this basic functionality. And now the program crashed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neolino666 Posted August 31, 2018 Author Share Posted August 31, 2018 Well, it's a Beta, but I would like to know the usual process for setting up a novel anyway :-) Ecifircas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 You could use text autoflow, for starters. Create a text frame right on your first layout page and place it according to the intended type area Paste your text inside this frame Then Shift + click the text flow handle at the bottom right of the text frame. Holding down Shift while clicking the handle is essential for invoking text autoflow! Publisher will create as many new pages as required for your text and place the text frames accordingly. Frame creation will even respect facing pages. Hope that helps for the time being … Alex Autoflow.mov Daniel Gibert and Hokusai 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neolino666 Posted August 31, 2018 Author Share Posted August 31, 2018 Yep, problem with that way is, that you need to apply styles manually then. Need to try if I can select the whole text within one text frame or if I have to apply the styles manually to every page, cause that would suck big :-) Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neolino666 Posted August 31, 2018 Author Share Posted August 31, 2018 Next bug: It crashes every time that I want to delete pages. Thrash icon or context menue makes no difference ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 You can, of course, select all of the text (Cmd + A). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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